1. Underline the complete subject once
and the complete predicate twice.
1. My best friend lives down the street.
2. My brother’s girlfriend is a nurse.
3. How do you know the answer?
4. After school my tutor comes over.

2. Underline the complete subject once
and the complete predicate twice.
1. My best friend lives down the street.
2. My brother’s girlfriend is a nurse.
3. How do you know the answer?
4. After school my math tutor comes over.

3. Underline the complete subject once
and the complete predicate twice.
1. My best friend lives down the street.
2. My brother’s girlfriend is a nurse.
3. How do you know the answer?
4. After school my math tutor comes over.

4. Short Story and Novels
Short Stories… Novels…
• Usually are about a single • Have several ideas and
idea or theme themes
• Are usually not in chapters • Much longer
• Can be read in one sitting • Are told in chapters and
take much longer to read

5. All fiction has certain elements…
• Plot
• Character
• Setting
• Theme

6. Plot
Is the framework or
map of the story.
It is build around a
conflict.

7. Character
Every novel is
built around
main and minor
characters who
move the story
forward. Every
character has
personality traits
that define
them.

8. Setting
Is the time and
place a story takes
place. By time, it
could be the time
of day and time in
history as well…

9. Theme
Is the meaning
or moral of the
story. What
message is the
author trying
to get across?
What is the
lesson?

10. Possible Spelling Activities
• Create a word search
• Write a story that includes at least 10 of the words
• Write ten sentences with two spelling words in each
sentence.
• Rainbow words (write the words with different colors for
each letter)
• Ladder words (spell the word a letter at a time…ex. a ad
ada adag adage)
• Write the words in alphabetical order, three times each
• Create a Hangman for 10 of your words and play with a
family member
• Take a practice spelling test